mounting plate must be electrically
grounded to the battery. If it is not,
the winch will not work. Preferably,
the solenoids should be mounted
vertically, with the solenoid end ter-
minals pointing downwards.
Electrical Connection
Cut two lengths of wire, one red
and one black, to reach from the
winch to the solenoids. When rout-
ing all wires, be sure to keep them
away from all hot or moving parts.
Crimp a 1/4" ring terminal on the
end of each wire at the winch end.
Attach one wire to each motor ter-
minal (See figure 3). Crimp a 5/16"
ring terminal at the solenoid ends
of the wires and attach to the ter-
minals on the solenoid assembly as
shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
Cut and strip two lengths of wire,
one red and one black, to reach
from the solenoids to the battery.
On the battery end of the red wire,
install a 3/16 ring terminal, and
attach to the circuit breaker. The
other end of the circuit breaker
attaches to the harness. On the
opposite end of this wire, connect a
5/16 ring terminal and attach to the
solenoid assembly (See Figure 3).
Install 5/16 ring terminals to both
8
ends of the black wire. Connect one
end to the solenoid assembly, and
the other end to the battery nega-
tive terminal (See Figure 3).
Connect the circuit breaker assem-
bly bracket to the battery positive
terminal.
Plug in the remote control, and with
the directional lever in the "Rope
Out" position, momentarily depress
the trigger to check for proper rota-
tion direction of the winch drum. If
the winch runs in the wrong direc-
tion, reverse the wires connected to
the winch motor.
Step (4) Models 03000, 03001
These winches are supplied without
controls. To design the control sys-
tem for your application, you can
purchase the needed materials to
complete your system from
Superwinch, or buy them locally.
You will need a switch or a solenoid
control, a circuit breaker, hook up
wire, and wire terminals.
Switch
Select a (3) position reversing switch
with a switch action of "momentary
on"/"off"/"momentary on".
"Momentary on" means the switch
automatically returns to OFF posi-
tion when released. Minimum con-
tact rating must be 50 amp DC carry.
Superwinch offers a (3) Position
Heavy Duty Rotary Switch Part
Number 1591. The Superwinch switch
has an internal shunt that provides
dynamic braking to further assist the
winch's brake. (See Figure 4)
Solenoids
You will need (2) 12 Volt double
pole, double through solenoids,
with a continuous current rating of
80 amps on the normally open con-
tacts and 60 amps on the normally
closed contacts.